Originally posted to the Dartmouth Ultra List
November 16, 2005
I started running in the sping of 1977. I have logged my miles each year. Plus or minus a few miles, tomorrow I will surpass 100,000 lifetime miles. I use to think of this as a goal that someday that i would like to achieve. As I am about to achieve that goal, it feels like some of the other major goals that I have achieved, not that big of a deal. As has been said, the journey is more important than the destination. I have been very blessed and fortunate to have had many positive running experiences. I hope to run many more miles, maybe surpassing 150,000 miles someday.
Typically, I average about 3200 to 3300 miles per year, some years more. Since 1979, the only time that I have dropped below 3,000 miles, was in 1987, when a crate fell on my leg and I broke 3 bones and was not able to run after mid October, that year I had 2933 miles!
Consistency in training is one of the major reasons that I think that I have been able to complete many long adventure runs.
I hope that all of you get to run many thousands of miles and have your adventures as well.
In Christ
David Horton
Happy Feet to Head,
Constance Karras :)
Saturday, November 19, 2005
Thursday, November 17, 2005
Australian 6-day race - Where to find info?
The race starts at midday on the 20th Nov 05. The main web site is www.sixdayrace.org.au . There is a results and commentary column on the left hand menu bar. All the info will be in there, I will also post info to my blog which is at www.worldultranews.blogspot.com.
If the internet technology fails, I will be faxing Kev Tiller the updates and they will be at www.ultraoz.com/colac
Phil
If the internet technology fails, I will be faxing Kev Tiller the updates and they will be at www.ultraoz.com/colac
Phil
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Hike All Day - 50km
If you want to get details and results for last Saturday's "Hike All Day ... 50K", as well as for other ultrawalks here in Colorado, check out
http://www.ultrawalk.com
Happy walking,
Ulli
http://www.ultrawalk.com
Happy walking,
Ulli
Monday, November 14, 2005
CLIFF YOUNG AUSTRALIAN
SIX DAY RACE
20th Nov – 26th Nov. 2005
Opening Activities on the 20th Nov 05
· 11.40am Runners assemble at food van & led by highland band to starting line
· 11.45am Welcome & Introduce Mayor Bill Sutcliffe
· 11.47am Introductory words by Mayor Cr. Warren Riches
· 11.52am Call up runners by name. Phil Essam
Count down from 10 – 1 with 10 seconds to go
Cr. Chris Smith
· 12.00 Mayor fires starting pistol to commence race.
Corroboree
A Corroboree to be held as soon as runners commence the race. This is to help celebrate the running of the 20th Cliff Young Australian 6-Day Race and to celebrate the first Indigenous Australian, Alby Clarke from Warrnambool, taking part in the race.
Children's Activities
There's also lots of childrens activities after the corroboree - gum boot throwing & lots of games with gum boots, Jumping castle, face painting, electric train, band - lots of fun.
For more information:
Phone: Phil Essam on 0407830263
SIX DAY RACE
20th Nov – 26th Nov. 2005
Opening Activities on the 20th Nov 05
· 11.40am Runners assemble at food van & led by highland band to starting line
· 11.45am Welcome & Introduce Mayor Bill Sutcliffe
· 11.47am Introductory words by Mayor Cr. Warren Riches
· 11.52am Call up runners by name. Phil Essam
Count down from 10 – 1 with 10 seconds to go
Cr. Chris Smith
· 12.00 Mayor fires starting pistol to commence race.
Corroboree
A Corroboree to be held as soon as runners commence the race. This is to help celebrate the running of the 20th Cliff Young Australian 6-Day Race and to celebrate the first Indigenous Australian, Alby Clarke from Warrnambool, taking part in the race.
Children's Activities
There's also lots of childrens activities after the corroboree - gum boot throwing & lots of games with gum boots, Jumping castle, face painting, electric train, band - lots of fun.
For more information:
Phone: Phil Essam on 0407830263
Sunday, November 13, 2005
FIRST-EVER ULTRAMARATHON INTERNATIONAL DUAL MEET ON AMERICAN SOIL
The San Diego One-Day Race, site of this year's American 24-Hour Run National
Chamionship on November 12-13, 2005, will make history this year by
additionally hosting the first-ever ultramarathon international dual meet on American soil. The all-day/all-night event, the longest national championship race in American distance running, will be highlighted by a history-making,
head-to-head match betweeen American & Japanese national teams.
The 2004 World 24-Hour Run Men's and Women's Champions and all-time Asian
24-hour recordholders, Ryoichi Sekiya and Sumie Inagaki, will lead their Japanese
teammates on this landmark trip to the USA's west coast, where they will
circle the certified one-mile road loop at San Diego's oceanside Hospitality Point
nonstop for 24 consecutive hours, along with 80 Americans vying
simultaneously for their own national title.
The American Men's and Women's team members are:
Rudy Afanador, 47, Melville, NY
Peter Bakwin, 43, Boulder, CO
Joe Gaebler, 28, Reserve, NM
John Geesler, 46, St. Johnsville, NY
Steve Peterson, 43, Lafayette, CO
Roy Pirrung, 57, Sheboygan, WI
Stephanie Ehret, 42, Boulder, CO
Rebecca Johnson, 36, Boulder, CO
Brenda Klein, 37, Reserve, NM
Pam Reed, 44, Tucson, AZ
Janet Runyan, 46, Boulder, CO
Sue Ellen Trapp, 59, Ft. Myers, FL
The Japanese Men's and Women's teams include:
Ryoichi Sekiya, 38, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, JAPAN
Ryoichi Sato, 43, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, JAPAN
Tomohiko Yaegashi, 59, Kasugai, Aichi, JAPAN
Sumie Inagaki, 39, Kasugai, Aichi, JAPAN
Masae Kamura, 47, Suginami, Tokyo, JAPAN
Junko Leerink, 46, Greenwich, CT
Sekiya and Inagaki are the overwhelming individual favorites in the race.
Sekiya (personal best 167.3 miles) ranks 12th among men on the all-time world
24-hour list, Inagaki (personal best 147.5 miles) 5th among women. Sekiya has
finished 2nd, 1st, and 4th in the three World 24-Hour run championships held to
date, Inagaki has finished 1st and 3rd in the two which she has run. The
Japanese have proven to be a formidable team presence at the World 24-Hour as
well. In the three years of the world title event's existence, both their men's
and women's national teams have never failed to medal (top 3 finishes), and
their men's team won gold at the 2005 event in July.
But the American men are fielding their strongest team ever in international
competition. The established team leader (with a personal best of over 157
miles) is three-time national champ John Geesler. Geesler has also been the top
American finisher in the World 24-hour event every year it has been held.
But virtually any of the American men could be top American on any given day.
Five of the six men's team members have at least one national 24-hour title to
their credit. Relative youngster Joe Gaebler has the strongest credential,
having run over 162 miles to take the 2003 national title exactly two years ago.
Gaebler went into a temporary early retirement right after that, but
recently made a strong comeback by taking a close second (to Peterson) in the
national 100 mile championship in September.
The likely leaders of the American women's squad are Stephanie Ehret, Rebecca
Johnson, and Pam Reed. Reed and Johnson are former national 24-hour
champions, and Reed and Ehret have each been the top American woman at the World
24-hour, Ehret having notched the highest ever individual place by an American, 3rd
in the 2004 world title event. In that race she became only the third
American women ever to run over 140 miles. But Johnson has been on an upswing for
the past full year, and recently won the national 100-mile title in an event
record.
The field's sentimental favorite is recently retired dentist Sue Ellen Trapp
of Fort Myers, Florida, who will be competing on the American women's team
just six months shy of her 60th birthday. She outdoes Roy Pirrung by two years
as the most senior athlete ever named to an open national team. Trapp has been
racing ultramarathons at the world-class level since 1978. During her
nonpareil athletic career she has set four absolute women's world records in a
17-year span at events ranging from 50 miles to 48 hours. She still holds the
absolute American women's 24-hour record of 145.2 miles. Trapp had been inactive
for the past three years due to a series of injuries, but is now healthy and
on her way back to top form.
Trapp is joined as a national team member by fellow 59-year old Japanese
Tomohiko Yaegashi, the pair serving as testament to delayed effect of aging on
athletic performance in long-range ultra competition. In fact, counting all of
the national team members from both countries, and removing the anomalous
youngster Gaebler from the equation (the exception which proves the rule?), the
average age of these world-class athletes is over 45 years old.
Further information on the event, including live progress reports during the
race and results immediately afterwards, can be found on the websites of the
American Ultrarunning Association and the host event:
www.americanultra.org
OR
www.sandiego1dayrace.com
Chamionship on November 12-13, 2005, will make history this year by
additionally hosting the first-ever ultramarathon international dual meet on American soil. The all-day/all-night event, the longest national championship race in American distance running, will be highlighted by a history-making,
head-to-head match betweeen American & Japanese national teams.
The 2004 World 24-Hour Run Men's and Women's Champions and all-time Asian
24-hour recordholders, Ryoichi Sekiya and Sumie Inagaki, will lead their Japanese
teammates on this landmark trip to the USA's west coast, where they will
circle the certified one-mile road loop at San Diego's oceanside Hospitality Point
nonstop for 24 consecutive hours, along with 80 Americans vying
simultaneously for their own national title.
The American Men's and Women's team members are:
Rudy Afanador, 47, Melville, NY
Peter Bakwin, 43, Boulder, CO
Joe Gaebler, 28, Reserve, NM
John Geesler, 46, St. Johnsville, NY
Steve Peterson, 43, Lafayette, CO
Roy Pirrung, 57, Sheboygan, WI
Stephanie Ehret, 42, Boulder, CO
Rebecca Johnson, 36, Boulder, CO
Brenda Klein, 37, Reserve, NM
Pam Reed, 44, Tucson, AZ
Janet Runyan, 46, Boulder, CO
Sue Ellen Trapp, 59, Ft. Myers, FL
The Japanese Men's and Women's teams include:
Ryoichi Sekiya, 38, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, JAPAN
Ryoichi Sato, 43, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, JAPAN
Tomohiko Yaegashi, 59, Kasugai, Aichi, JAPAN
Sumie Inagaki, 39, Kasugai, Aichi, JAPAN
Masae Kamura, 47, Suginami, Tokyo, JAPAN
Junko Leerink, 46, Greenwich, CT
Sekiya and Inagaki are the overwhelming individual favorites in the race.
Sekiya (personal best 167.3 miles) ranks 12th among men on the all-time world
24-hour list, Inagaki (personal best 147.5 miles) 5th among women. Sekiya has
finished 2nd, 1st, and 4th in the three World 24-Hour run championships held to
date, Inagaki has finished 1st and 3rd in the two which she has run. The
Japanese have proven to be a formidable team presence at the World 24-Hour as
well. In the three years of the world title event's existence, both their men's
and women's national teams have never failed to medal (top 3 finishes), and
their men's team won gold at the 2005 event in July.
But the American men are fielding their strongest team ever in international
competition. The established team leader (with a personal best of over 157
miles) is three-time national champ John Geesler. Geesler has also been the top
American finisher in the World 24-hour event every year it has been held.
But virtually any of the American men could be top American on any given day.
Five of the six men's team members have at least one national 24-hour title to
their credit. Relative youngster Joe Gaebler has the strongest credential,
having run over 162 miles to take the 2003 national title exactly two years ago.
Gaebler went into a temporary early retirement right after that, but
recently made a strong comeback by taking a close second (to Peterson) in the
national 100 mile championship in September.
The likely leaders of the American women's squad are Stephanie Ehret, Rebecca
Johnson, and Pam Reed. Reed and Johnson are former national 24-hour
champions, and Reed and Ehret have each been the top American woman at the World
24-hour, Ehret having notched the highest ever individual place by an American, 3rd
in the 2004 world title event. In that race she became only the third
American women ever to run over 140 miles. But Johnson has been on an upswing for
the past full year, and recently won the national 100-mile title in an event
record.
The field's sentimental favorite is recently retired dentist Sue Ellen Trapp
of Fort Myers, Florida, who will be competing on the American women's team
just six months shy of her 60th birthday. She outdoes Roy Pirrung by two years
as the most senior athlete ever named to an open national team. Trapp has been
racing ultramarathons at the world-class level since 1978. During her
nonpareil athletic career she has set four absolute women's world records in a
17-year span at events ranging from 50 miles to 48 hours. She still holds the
absolute American women's 24-hour record of 145.2 miles. Trapp had been inactive
for the past three years due to a series of injuries, but is now healthy and
on her way back to top form.
Trapp is joined as a national team member by fellow 59-year old Japanese
Tomohiko Yaegashi, the pair serving as testament to delayed effect of aging on
athletic performance in long-range ultra competition. In fact, counting all of
the national team members from both countries, and removing the anomalous
youngster Gaebler from the equation (the exception which proves the rule?), the
average age of these world-class athletes is over 45 years old.
Further information on the event, including live progress reports during the
race and results immediately afterwards, can be found on the websites of the
American Ultrarunning Association and the host event:
www.americanultra.org
OR
www.sandiego1dayrace.com
Saturday, November 12, 2005
Media fact Sheet - Australian 6-day race
20th Cliff Young Australian 6-day Race
20-26th Nov 05 , Memorial Square, Colac
Media Fact Sheet
· The 20th Cliff Young Australian 6-Day race is being held at the Memorial Square, Colac from the 20th to the 26th November, 2005.
· There are thirty seven entrants entered for the race. There are thirteen from Victoria, two from NSW, two from Tasmania, one from Queensland, one from the ACT and one from Western Australia. The countries represented are, France, Japan, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, India, Sweden, USA, New Zealand and Brazil.
· Over the years the competitors have completed over 189,563kms around the Memorial Square. One of the runners, Peter Gray from Geelong has completed 9,837kms by himself around the Square.
· The favourite for this year’s race is Yiannis Kouros from Greece. He holds the World Record for the 6-day track at 1023km, World record for the 24hr event at 303km and was a multi-winner of the Sydney to Melbourne Westfield Run.The second favourite for the race will be Claude Hardel from France. Earlier this year, he ran 923km in a 6-day race in Germany and has also won a 303km Desert Race in the Sahara.
· There are three Japanese runners in this year’s race. Aki Inoue who is a former winner of the race and Asian 6-day record holder, has promoted the race back in his Home Country since and has brought them to the race. All three runners have very good ultra results on the board. One of the runners is Kenji Okiyama who earlier this year ran 407km in a 48hr race.
· There are five female runners in the race this year. The favourites would be Dawn Parris from Victoria and Elvira Janosi from Hungary. They have run in fifteen Colac 6-day races between them. Deb DeWilliams from Victoria is back for he second attempt at the race. Deb became the first women to walk around Australia last year and is entering the race this year as a runner.
· The race will see the first indigenous Australian to compete in a 6-day race in Australia. Seventy year old, Alby Clarke from Warrnambool will be entering. Alby is an accomplished bike rider and will be using this event as a warm-up for a bike ride from Adelaide to Darwin.
· There are six runners in the race that are over seventy years old. They are Ken Matchett (83), Stan Miskin (80), Andy Lovy(70), Don McKechnie(72), George Audley(70) and Alby Clarke(70)
· The AURA Australian 6-Day Championship will also be held during the race which is expected to be a very close tussle in the male and female divisions.
· Vlastilav Skvaril from Tasmania will be back for his second start at the race. Skvaril will be raising money and awareness for the Make A Wish Foundation during the event.
· The race can be followed at http://www.sixdayrace.org.au. For further information, please contact, Phil Essam on 0407830263 or email on pessam@bigpond.net.au
2005 RUNNERS.
Race Number Runner Age Origin
11 Claude HARDEL 46 France
12 Kenji OKIYAMA 40 Japan
13 Muneharu KURODA 56 Japan
14 Katsuhiro TANAKA 34 Japan
15 Vlastik SKVARIL 66 Tas
17 Peter HOSKINSON 42 Tas
18 Jaroslav KOCOUREK 56 Czech Republic
19 Eric WRIGHT 50 RSA
21 Dawn PARRIS 52 Vic
22 Vlastimil DVORACEK 46 Czech Republic
23 George AUDLEY 70 W A
24 Yiannis KOUROS GREECE
25 David BILLETT 35 S A
26 Elvira JANOSI 50 Hungary
27 Kjell-Ove SKOGLUND 63 Sweden
28 David JONES 64 Vic
29 Peter GRAY 41 Vic
31 Brock McKINLAY 39 A C T
32 Arun BHARDWAIJ 36 India
33 Shaun SCANLON 61 N S W
34 Lindsay PHILLIPS 40 Qld
35 Heather KICK 28 U S A
36 Deborah DeWILLIAMS 35 Altona, Vic
37 Sarah BARNETT 29 Richmond, Vic
38 John REIDY 38 N S W
39 Graeme BEST 53 N Z
41 Stan MISKIN 80 Vic
42 Andy LOVY 70 U S A
43 Jevvan McPHEE 39 Vic
44 Robyn DAVIS 60 N S W
45 Garry WISE 59 Vic
46 Ron McGREGOR 63 Vic
47 Don MACKECHNIE 72 Vic
48 Carlos Alberto MACHADO 36 Brazil
49 Albert CLARKE 70 Vic
51 Brian BLOOMER 64 Vic
52 Ken MATCHETT 83 Vic
20-26th Nov 05 , Memorial Square, Colac
Media Fact Sheet
· The 20th Cliff Young Australian 6-Day race is being held at the Memorial Square, Colac from the 20th to the 26th November, 2005.
· There are thirty seven entrants entered for the race. There are thirteen from Victoria, two from NSW, two from Tasmania, one from Queensland, one from the ACT and one from Western Australia. The countries represented are, France, Japan, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, India, Sweden, USA, New Zealand and Brazil.
· Over the years the competitors have completed over 189,563kms around the Memorial Square. One of the runners, Peter Gray from Geelong has completed 9,837kms by himself around the Square.
· The favourite for this year’s race is Yiannis Kouros from Greece. He holds the World Record for the 6-day track at 1023km, World record for the 24hr event at 303km and was a multi-winner of the Sydney to Melbourne Westfield Run.The second favourite for the race will be Claude Hardel from France. Earlier this year, he ran 923km in a 6-day race in Germany and has also won a 303km Desert Race in the Sahara.
· There are three Japanese runners in this year’s race. Aki Inoue who is a former winner of the race and Asian 6-day record holder, has promoted the race back in his Home Country since and has brought them to the race. All three runners have very good ultra results on the board. One of the runners is Kenji Okiyama who earlier this year ran 407km in a 48hr race.
· There are five female runners in the race this year. The favourites would be Dawn Parris from Victoria and Elvira Janosi from Hungary. They have run in fifteen Colac 6-day races between them. Deb DeWilliams from Victoria is back for he second attempt at the race. Deb became the first women to walk around Australia last year and is entering the race this year as a runner.
· The race will see the first indigenous Australian to compete in a 6-day race in Australia. Seventy year old, Alby Clarke from Warrnambool will be entering. Alby is an accomplished bike rider and will be using this event as a warm-up for a bike ride from Adelaide to Darwin.
· There are six runners in the race that are over seventy years old. They are Ken Matchett (83), Stan Miskin (80), Andy Lovy(70), Don McKechnie(72), George Audley(70) and Alby Clarke(70)
· The AURA Australian 6-Day Championship will also be held during the race which is expected to be a very close tussle in the male and female divisions.
· Vlastilav Skvaril from Tasmania will be back for his second start at the race. Skvaril will be raising money and awareness for the Make A Wish Foundation during the event.
· The race can be followed at http://www.sixdayrace.org.au. For further information, please contact, Phil Essam on 0407830263 or email on pessam@bigpond.net.au
2005 RUNNERS.
Race Number Runner Age Origin
11 Claude HARDEL 46 France
12 Kenji OKIYAMA 40 Japan
13 Muneharu KURODA 56 Japan
14 Katsuhiro TANAKA 34 Japan
15 Vlastik SKVARIL 66 Tas
17 Peter HOSKINSON 42 Tas
18 Jaroslav KOCOUREK 56 Czech Republic
19 Eric WRIGHT 50 RSA
21 Dawn PARRIS 52 Vic
22 Vlastimil DVORACEK 46 Czech Republic
23 George AUDLEY 70 W A
24 Yiannis KOUROS GREECE
25 David BILLETT 35 S A
26 Elvira JANOSI 50 Hungary
27 Kjell-Ove SKOGLUND 63 Sweden
28 David JONES 64 Vic
29 Peter GRAY 41 Vic
31 Brock McKINLAY 39 A C T
32 Arun BHARDWAIJ 36 India
33 Shaun SCANLON 61 N S W
34 Lindsay PHILLIPS 40 Qld
35 Heather KICK 28 U S A
36 Deborah DeWILLIAMS 35 Altona, Vic
37 Sarah BARNETT 29 Richmond, Vic
38 John REIDY 38 N S W
39 Graeme BEST 53 N Z
41 Stan MISKIN 80 Vic
42 Andy LOVY 70 U S A
43 Jevvan McPHEE 39 Vic
44 Robyn DAVIS 60 N S W
45 Garry WISE 59 Vic
46 Ron McGREGOR 63 Vic
47 Don MACKECHNIE 72 Vic
48 Carlos Alberto MACHADO 36 Brazil
49 Albert CLARKE 70 Vic
51 Brian BLOOMER 64 Vic
52 Ken MATCHETT 83 Vic
Fair Hill PHUNT 50K
Sat Jan6th 06
Elkton, MD 8:30 a.m.
Single loop predominately single track with some cart
road through rolling terrain through woods and
grasslands. Lite version of 28K also available. Fat
ass format, minimal aid. Time limit: none. Field
limit: none. 2nd Annual. Fee-pre $0; Fee-post $0 after
n/a. Amenities: minimal aid, past race soup and carbs.
Sign up forms are on the dawgs site:
http://www.udel.edu/johnmack/traildawgs/phunt06.htm
or email Phil Nissen at philruth@intergate.com or Hunt
at hbartine@yahoo.com for a copy.
Elkton, MD 8:30 a.m.
Single loop predominately single track with some cart
road through rolling terrain through woods and
grasslands. Lite version of 28K also available. Fat
ass format, minimal aid. Time limit: none. Field
limit: none. 2nd Annual. Fee-pre $0; Fee-post $0 after
n/a. Amenities: minimal aid, past race soup and carbs.
Sign up forms are on the dawgs site:
http://www.udel.edu/johnmack/traildawgs/phunt06.htm
or email Phil Nissen at philruth@intergate.com or Hunt
at hbartine@yahoo.com for a copy.
Haney Harrison 100Km
Saturday, November 5th, 2005
Harrison Hot Springs, BC, Canada
Darin Bentley of Surrey, BC, in his first 100Km and only his second
ultra, ran a steady and consistent race for a come from behind win in
this year's Haney Harrison 100Km in a time of 8:18:01 This was the
second year in a row where this race has been won by a top Ironman
triathlete stepping up to the 100Km distance. Second place went to
Richard Webb of Calgary in 8:46:38, who knocked an hour and 12
minutes off his previous year's time. Third place was captured by
early leader Hardial Singh Athwal of North Delta in a very creditable
time of 8:52:49 in his very first ultra.
Wendy Montgomery of Brackendale won the women's race for the third
consecutive year in a time of 9:19:29. Her performance at this race
has been remarkably consistent with all three successive wins being
within a ten minute time window. Second place in the women's race in
a time of 10:29:41 went to Christin Collishaw who also was competing
in her first ultra.
This year saw two runners finish the race for the fifth time. Former
race winner Rob Wall of Courtenay and Leland Wakelin of Surrey,
became the 5th and 6th runners to achieve this milestone.
However, one of the more memorable performances was turned in by 71
year old Roger RouFosse who completed the race in 14:39:34 to become
the oldest finisher in the history of the race. Roger finished the
race in high spirits, telling jokes to the volunteers as he crossed
the finish line. This was also Roger's first 100Km race although he
has been an age group winner at a number of marathons.
The course consists of paved highways following British Columbia's
scenic Sasquatch Drive. Starting just outside Vancouver in Maple
Ridge, the course winds its way over rolling hills, passing through
Mission and into the lush farmlands of the Fraser Valley enroute to
the finish in the idyllic resort community of Harrison Hot
Springs. This year's race weather was almost perfect for running,
with temperatures in the mid 40's and relatively dry conditions
(other than some early rain at the start).
Of course, if it wasn't for the volunteers, nobody would be running
at all. This year, Cheryl Johnson came out to spend her day on the
course helping others, and adventure racers Brett and Kyla Adams
sacrificed a training day to see just how much fun ultrarunners can
have. After all, we do this for fun ... right ? Veteran race
announcer Steve King was on hand for the full day from the very first
finisher to the very last finisher announcing the arrival of each
runner. And of course, I can't forget my own wife, Cathy, who just
loves =:-0 to spend the day standing around in the cold in November
making sure that each of the runners is looked after. The race is
held in conjunction with the Haney Harrison road relay. The efforts
of relay race management made the whole event possible and the
contributions of Jerry Tighe, Greg White and Brian McCalder cannot go
unnoticed.
This race was first conceived and started in 1997, because at that
time there were relatively few ultra races on the calendar. In our
first year, we had 14 finishers. That year, a week before the race
we only had 6 people signed up. So, it is very gratifying this year
to have the biggest field ever in the history of the race with 42
starters and 37 finishers. It is also very gratifying to see how
many first time ultra runners have successfully conquered the 100Km
distance, not only this year, but over the 9 year history of the event.
Ron Adams
H2H 100K Ultra Event Co-Ordinator
Harrison Hot Springs, BC, Canada
Darin Bentley of Surrey, BC, in his first 100Km and only his second
ultra, ran a steady and consistent race for a come from behind win in
this year's Haney Harrison 100Km in a time of 8:18:01 This was the
second year in a row where this race has been won by a top Ironman
triathlete stepping up to the 100Km distance. Second place went to
Richard Webb of Calgary in 8:46:38, who knocked an hour and 12
minutes off his previous year's time. Third place was captured by
early leader Hardial Singh Athwal of North Delta in a very creditable
time of 8:52:49 in his very first ultra.
Wendy Montgomery of Brackendale won the women's race for the third
consecutive year in a time of 9:19:29. Her performance at this race
has been remarkably consistent with all three successive wins being
within a ten minute time window. Second place in the women's race in
a time of 10:29:41 went to Christin Collishaw who also was competing
in her first ultra.
This year saw two runners finish the race for the fifth time. Former
race winner Rob Wall of Courtenay and Leland Wakelin of Surrey,
became the 5th and 6th runners to achieve this milestone.
However, one of the more memorable performances was turned in by 71
year old Roger RouFosse who completed the race in 14:39:34 to become
the oldest finisher in the history of the race. Roger finished the
race in high spirits, telling jokes to the volunteers as he crossed
the finish line. This was also Roger's first 100Km race although he
has been an age group winner at a number of marathons.
The course consists of paved highways following British Columbia's
scenic Sasquatch Drive. Starting just outside Vancouver in Maple
Ridge, the course winds its way over rolling hills, passing through
Mission and into the lush farmlands of the Fraser Valley enroute to
the finish in the idyllic resort community of Harrison Hot
Springs. This year's race weather was almost perfect for running,
with temperatures in the mid 40's and relatively dry conditions
(other than some early rain at the start).
Of course, if it wasn't for the volunteers, nobody would be running
at all. This year, Cheryl Johnson came out to spend her day on the
course helping others, and adventure racers Brett and Kyla Adams
sacrificed a training day to see just how much fun ultrarunners can
have. After all, we do this for fun ... right ? Veteran race
announcer Steve King was on hand for the full day from the very first
finisher to the very last finisher announcing the arrival of each
runner. And of course, I can't forget my own wife, Cathy, who just
loves =:-0 to spend the day standing around in the cold in November
making sure that each of the runners is looked after. The race is
held in conjunction with the Haney Harrison road relay. The efforts
of relay race management made the whole event possible and the
contributions of Jerry Tighe, Greg White and Brian McCalder cannot go
unnoticed.
This race was first conceived and started in 1997, because at that
time there were relatively few ultra races on the calendar. In our
first year, we had 14 finishers. That year, a week before the race
we only had 6 people signed up. So, it is very gratifying this year
to have the biggest field ever in the history of the race with 42
starters and 37 finishers. It is also very gratifying to see how
many first time ultra runners have successfully conquered the 100Km
distance, not only this year, but over the 9 year history of the event.
Ron Adams
H2H 100K Ultra Event Co-Ordinator
Ultras in France in 2006
During the year 2006 the French organisation 'Courir et Decouvrir' will
organize the following ultra-running-events:
25/28-05-06: Le Tour du parc r=E9gional du Pilat, 180 km, +5000 m, 4 stages
02-07-06: Le Tour des glaciers de la Vanoise, 72 km, +3800 m
22/23-07-06: Le Tour du massif du Beaufortain, 100 km, +5300 m
27-08/09-09-06: La Grande Travers=E9e des Alpes, 600 km, +30900 m, 14 stages
The most important contact-person [Philippe Delachenal] doesn't understand
English very well. However, both in 2004 and 2005 I participated in La
Grande Travers=E9e
des Alpes so if you have any questions about this run I might be able to
help you out. Just contact me privately!
=46ull contact-information:
Courir et Decouvrir
Philippe Delachenal
3, Chemin de la R=E9clusi=E8re
38200 Vienne
=46rance
tel. 06-19609309
e-mail: phicat.delachenal@wanadoo.fr
website: http://www.couriretdecouvrir.com
organize the following ultra-running-events:
25/28-05-06: Le Tour du parc r=E9gional du Pilat, 180 km, +5000 m, 4 stages
02-07-06: Le Tour des glaciers de la Vanoise, 72 km, +3800 m
22/23-07-06: Le Tour du massif du Beaufortain, 100 km, +5300 m
27-08/09-09-06: La Grande Travers=E9e des Alpes, 600 km, +30900 m, 14 stages
The most important contact-person [Philippe Delachenal] doesn't understand
English very well. However, both in 2004 and 2005 I participated in La
Grande Travers=E9e
des Alpes so if you have any questions about this run I might be able to
help you out. Just contact me privately!
=46ull contact-information:
Courir et Decouvrir
Philippe Delachenal
3, Chemin de la R=E9clusi=E8re
38200 Vienne
=46rance
tel. 06-19609309
e-mail: phicat.delachenal@wanadoo.fr
website: http://www.couriretdecouvrir.com
Thursday, November 10, 2005
6 - Day Race Guessing Competition
THE 6 DAY GUESSING COMPETITION IS HERE
If you can guess the winner of the 6 day ultra, and guess closest to their actual kilometers then we have some special prizes for you - a free 'Fit Nations Package', a 2005 Colac t-shirt and a cd of photos from this year's race.
The 'Fit Nations Challenge' is a program designed by 6 day ultra runner John Reidy. The concept is to promote activity amongst the worlds inactive by using the fit as there guide. The object is to commit to at least 100 hours of activity over the next 12 months. Those that take on the challenge and make it win prizes to acknowledge their success.
The 'Fit Nations Package' costs around $130 and if you make the 100hours you win prizes similar to a shirt, jacket, bag and certificate(more info at http://www.fitaussie.com). This is open to all those who support ultra running, so get your guess in now (in kilometres and metres, there can only be one winner). Send your guesses to Phil at pessam@bigpond.net.au Then simply watch the race to see how yourrunner goes!
If you can guess the winner of the 6 day ultra, and guess closest to their actual kilometers then we have some special prizes for you - a free 'Fit Nations Package', a 2005 Colac t-shirt and a cd of photos from this year's race.
The 'Fit Nations Challenge' is a program designed by 6 day ultra runner John Reidy. The concept is to promote activity amongst the worlds inactive by using the fit as there guide. The object is to commit to at least 100 hours of activity over the next 12 months. Those that take on the challenge and make it win prizes to acknowledge their success.
The 'Fit Nations Package' costs around $130 and if you make the 100hours you win prizes similar to a shirt, jacket, bag and certificate(more info at http://www.fitaussie.com). This is open to all those who support ultra running, so get your guess in now (in kilometres and metres, there can only be one winner). Send your guesses to Phil at pessam@bigpond.net.au Then simply watch the race to see how yourrunner goes!
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